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The suspect, linked to pro-Palestinian protests, defaced properties with antisemitic messages and symbols.
- Taylor Pelton, 28, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.
- The vandalism targeted the homes of Jewish museum director Anne Pasternak and other officials.
- Red paint and banners with antisemitic slogans were used in the attacks.
- The incidents occurred amid heightened tensions following the Hamas-Israel conflict.
- Authorities are still searching for additional suspects involved in the vandalism.
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- Brooklyn Museum Art museum in Brooklyn, New York
- Jewish people Ethnicity
- Anne Pasternak Director of the Brooklyn Museum
- Hamas Political faction
- Palestinians Ethnonational group
- Israel Country in the Middle East
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